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Betting on Gold Using a Futures-Based Gold ETF
Matos, PedroCase DARDEN-F-1690-EFinanceIn an environment of high macroeconomic uncertainty in the fall of 2012, Tom Michelson was looking at his next trading opportunity. Michelson wanted to build a position in gold with a trading horizon of around a year and was wondering how he should go about investing in gold. Gold futures-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs) seemed like a good alternative, but he needed to understand better how gold futures worked. He was aware that futures-based E...Starting at €8.20
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2012 Fuel Hedging at JetBlue Airways
Matos, PedroCase DARDEN-F-1697-EFinanceIn early 2012, an equity analyst, was examining the jet fuel hedging strategy of JetBlue Airways for the coming year. Because airlines cross-hedged their jet fuel price risk using derivatives contracts on other oil products such as WTI and Brent crude oil, they were exposed to basis risk. In 2011, dislocations in the oil market led to a Brent-WTI premium wherein jet fuel started to move with Brent instead of WTI, as it traditionally did. Faced wi...Starting at €8.20
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Hedge Fund Due Diligence at Leman Alternative Asset Management Company
Matos, PedroCase DARDEN-F-1698-EFinanceIn early January 2008, a senior VP with LAAMCO, a fund of hedge funds known for alternative investments, was conducting due diligence on an equity market-neutral hedge fund. The hedge fund used an option strategy known as a collar (also known as a bull spread or split-strike conversion). The track record of the hedge fund had been stellar. The fund’s performance had not only beaten that of the S&P 500 Index over the same period but had done so wi...Starting at €8.20
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ProShares Hedge Replication ETF
Matos, Pedro; Demir, AnilCase DARDEN-F-1714-EFinanceAt the start of 2014, Joanne Hill was preparing to present at a conference focused on alternative investments for financial advisers. Exhibit 1 provides selected slides from the presentation. Hill wants to showcase how Hedge Replication ETF (HDG) provided an exposure to hedge funds at low fees, with full transparency and providing daily liquidity. But she had to overcome some resistance in the audience because most hedge fund strategies had under...Starting at €8.20
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Hedge Fund Due Diligence at Leman Alternative Asset Management Company - Teaching Note
Matos, PedroTeaching Note DARDEN-F-1698TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1698Starting at €0.00
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The Sanofi-Aventis Acquisition of Genzyme: Contingent Value Rights - Teaching Note
Matos, PedroTeaching Note DARDEN-F-1715TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1715Starting at €0.00
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Principal-Protected Equity-Linked Note - Teaching Note
Matos, PedroTeaching Note DARDEN-F-1752TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1752Starting at €0.00
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Editora Abril S.A. (Spanish Version)
Yoshino, Michael Y.; Fagan, Perry L.Case HBS-306S32Knowledge and Communicationlos medios de comunicación de Brasil conglomerado Editora Abril S.A. es la mayor compañía de edición e impresión de América Latina; publica libros y cómics, vídeos, mapas, guías de viajes, música y libros de texto. También posee la mayor empresa de comercialización de la base de datos de Brasil, su segundo mayor servicio de televisión de pago, y su servicio de acceso a Internet de banda ancha primera; un sitio web de música interactiva; y partici...Starting at €8.20
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SEWA Trade Facilitation Center: Changing the Spool (Spanish Version)
Khaire, Mukti; McGinn, Kathleen L.Case HBS-814S09EntrepreneurshipEl caso es sobre la decisión de convertir una organización sin fines de lucro en una empresa con fines de lucro. STFC, que es parte de una organización sin ánimo de lucro más grande - la Asociación de Trabajadores Autónomos (SEWA) - trabaja para mejorar las condiciones de vida de las mujeres rurales y urbanas muy pobres en la India. Lo hace mediante la traducción de las habilidades de bordado tradicionales de la India en los muebles y ropa de cas...Starting at €8.20
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RetailMax: Role for Regan Kessel (Spanish Version)
Witter, Dina; McGinn, Kathleen L.Case HBS-905S04StrategyEste ejercicio requiere que los estudiantes de promulgar una negociación salarial interna, asumiendo el papel de Cam Archer, un empleado de la estrella, y Regan Kessel, un VP tratando de atraer el MBA en su departamento. El ejercicio presenta una sola emisión, negociación distributiva que desafía a los estudiantes a pensar acerca de la evaluación y el desarrollo de mejores alternativas a un acuerdo negociado (MAAN). Ilustra tácticas para reclamar...Starting at €8.20